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October 19, 2006

The Bees Won't Let Me Do My Laundry

We have a yellow jacket problem. It started as a few hanging around our front door and turned into "please come to the back door because of all the bees," and "don't mind all the piled up newspapers on the front step because I am too afraid to go out there."We foolishly thought that when the cold weather came that they would go away or something. Well, turns out that they would like to come inside. It started out as just one in the basement. Then another. Each day we find at least one new yellow jacket buzzing about around my laundry. I can't go in there! I've never been stung before and I'm not going to start now!Today the exterminator is coming- they've already done an estimate. I guess we need to get rid of them ASAP or they start eating through the house- wood & paint & all... and it looks like we have a mighty colony taking up residence here. Then I can go back to doing laundry like a normal person (without fly swatter in hand and running out of the basement dropping everything if I hear a buzz.)

Yuck! how frightening... especially w/ kids. Good luck. Great excuse not to do laundry though.

However... I drove by a laundry mat the other day and had a whole new perspective. What if I took an afternoon and did my laundry there? With no distractions/kids? I could take a book, my iPod, some coffee and just be. Hmmm....

oh girl. I see that you're in the Midwest and when we were there, the first lesson we got was on wasps, yellow jackets, etc. They were awful in the spring and summer. They like to eat wood and were constantly on the playset which made us all nervous. We have wasps here in TN and they are making their way inside. Dave wants to set off a bomb in the house but I have visions of us coming home and the whole place being up in flames. Good luck! Amy